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Amendments to the Registrants Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.

(a) On December 2, 2008, CONSOL Energy Inc. (the Company) amended its Code of Employee Business Conduct and Ethics (the
Code). The Code, as amended, subjects all Company employees to restrictions promulgated under the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA), which prohibits the offering of gifts and/or
travel to members, officers and employees of either House of Congress, and the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, which prohibits the giving of gifts to Federal executive branch officials. Pursuant to these restrictions, the Code now provides that
Company employees are prohibited from providing any gift, meal or anything else of value to any member, officer or employee of either House of Congress or to Federal executive branch officials, except where otherwise specifically permitted under
HLOGA or the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

A copy of the amended Code is available on the Companys corporate website at www.consolenergy.com.

The above description is a summary of the refinements made to the Code and is qualified in its entirety by the copy thereof which is attached hereto as
Exhibit 14.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.